Wanderlusting: The Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

Wanderlusting: The Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

"There are always flowers for those who want to see them." ~ Henri Matisse Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens  Living in New York I always loved going to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. It was literally one of my favorite thing to do when I lived there and when friends visited they knew to expect a trip [...]

Taking Time to Give Yourself Self-Care and What Works for Me

Taking Time to Give Yourself Self-Care and What Works for Me

"Self-care equals success. You're going to be more successful if you take care of yourself and you're healthy." ~ Beth Behrs First Best Relationship With Yourself Sometimes it feels like your thoughts and the universes are on the same page. This post has been in the works for awhile, but I just haven't posted it [...]

Eating Disorder Awareness Week: Recovery, Relapse, Resilience

Eating Disorder Awareness Week: Recovery, Relapse, Resilience

"Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained." ~ Marie Curie Trigger Warning: This post talks about Eating Disorders, relapses, and recovery and may be [...]

2020 in Pictures

2020 in Pictures

“To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” ~ Elliott Erwitt Pivoting with Photography  Before I leave 2020 in the rear view, I wanted to [...]

Find the Light in what was the Cluster You Know What of 2020

Find the Light in what was the Cluster You Know What of 2020

Glory to the light of the worldFor all who waitFor all who hungerFor all who've prayedFor all who wonder ~ Lauren Daigle Hold my beer I am not gonna lie 2020 has been a shit show and honestly, not to sound self centered, but literally the reasons had NOTHING to do with pandemics or elections. [...]

Boxing Day

Boxing Day

"As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year." ~ David Grayson Boxing Day I really feel like the US needs to adopt Boxing Day, if for nothing else you get the day off. Luckily the day after Christmas falls on a Saturday this year, so we [...]